Gail Devers didn't even need to jump over as many hurdles as the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers have during their discussions of a blockbuster trade.

Several outlets are now reporting that the NBA league office might take issue with the deal, at least as its currently constructed with DeAndre Jordan and two first-rounders heading to Boston for Kevin Garnett and the right to hire Doc Rivers.

Under NBA rules, the deals would have to be separate -- Jordan for Garnett, and a separate transaction granting the Celtics two first-round picks as compensation for letting Rivers out of his contract. But the teams have to prove neither deal is contingent on the other.

Which is where the problem apparently lies, as ESPN's Marc Stein tweeted Thursday morning.

Source tells ESPN that Celts & Clips have today begun discussing new trade scenarios to try to satisfy league's misgivings on these deals

It's probably tough to prove the deals aren't contingent on each other when they're very clearly contingent on each other. But if the transactions were split in two, each by itself isn't completely outrageous. Garnett for Jordan is lopsided in favor of the Clippers, but the Celtics would acquire another young asset. And landing two first-rounders for the right to hire Rivers wouldn't be insane by itself, either.

As collective bargaining agreement expert Larry Coon noted on Twitter, one alternative might be making one of the deals immediately while holding off on the other until a later date. A danger there would be that if one of the teams got cold feet afterward, the second deal could ultimately fall through. So yeah, this is obviously complicated and could take some serious creativity.